Bridgeton pioneer., 1887-08-18
GETON, N. J., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1887

ton. vi the 27 harbOrS, said he, upon
the Pacific Coast, where Notifications
are necessary, these do not include
Puget Sound. Great Britain is forti
flying her possessions, and she is only
30 miles from your port of entry, and
should a controversy arise, which
might result in war; one single gun
boat of the enemy could come into
Puget Sound, capture your custom
house, and compel tribute from every
city on its shores.
The Territory is indebted to Senator
Dolph. Itwas he who first introduced
into the Senate the bill for the admis-
sion of our Territory as a State, and
he stated to me that he proposed to
present it again, and urge its passage,
because he believed we should be-
come State. | might continue, and
my interviews and private chats with
the prominent men of America, whom
/ have met on Puget Sound, would fill
columns of your paper. Last Summer
General John A. Logan, General VIM.
t. Sherman, Chief Justice Morrison
r. Waite, of the U. S. Supreme Court;
Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania,
and many others, passed days at Ia
coma. have talked with all of them,
and they were surprised at the growth,
wealth and prosperity of Washington
Territory. The Wagner palace car,
"Riva,' built for the late William H
Vanderbilt, of New York, is now at
the car shops here. 1t is undoubtedly
the finest car ever built in America.
The deceased gentleman's son-in-law,
Elliot f. Sheppard, of New York. with
his family, arrived in this car, en-
route to Alaska. The excursions to
Sitka, and other points in Alaska, are
becoming very popular, and every II
days we havea splendid steamer which
leaves Tacoma for the North Mr..
Charles B. Wright, of West Philadel-
phia, ex-President of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, told me in
the private office at The Tacoma"
that he had travelled in Europe and
through the Alps, but never had he
seensuch pretty mountains, rivers and
landscape scenery as he saw in Alaska
in June last
The fourth of July celebration was
the greatest event which ever occurred
in Washington Territory. Not only
was the National holiday celebrated,
but the completion of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, by way of a switch
back over the Cascade Mountains di-
rect from Tacoma to st. Paul. The
first train over the mountains arrived
from st. Paul the evening of July 3rd
with 13 coaches containing over 600
passengers, and as the train rolled into
the terminus amid the firing of cannons
and playing of bands it was a grand
sight. Fl. NJ. S. Caroline, - an English
gun boat, in command of Captain Sir
! William Wiseman with 40 men on
board laid at anchor in the bay to help
us celebrate the occasion, and these
passengers, many of whom had never
seen ships and deep water, We're
startled at the salute of the guns fired
from Capt. Wiseman's ship.
|. At the ceremonies on the Fourth
there were seated 10000 persons in a
tent. After the ship had fired salute
of 2l guns Capt. Wiseman was intro
duced by Governor Semple of our
Territory, and | took down in short
hand just what he said which l will
inclose.
ADMIRAL WIsENIAN's SPEECH.
Captain Wiseman who is an admir-
able talker said: Mr.. President, ladies
and gentlemen, | am so pleased with
my trip here, the manner in which
your people have treated me and their
many acts of kindness, that | cannot
refrain from thanking you in person
for this great kindness which | have
received. TO make my feeling clear. |
have been received about the same as
Englishmen are always received in
America, and the way l hope our
cousins will receive you when
you visit England. The ties be-
tween our countries have been grow
ing stronger for years, and these
gatherings serve to strengthen them.
The day, l think, is not far distant,
when we shall share each others joys
and sorrows and feelings and with one
love without resentment Three
rousing cheers greeted the Captains
address.
This shows the kindly feeling be-
tween America and England. Again,
as stated above, should we have war
with England, the British fleet at
anchor in the harbor at Victoria and
Esquimalt would soon tear us in pieces
and the small revenue cutter which
the Government keeps ON Puget
Sound, the British might capture and
use as steam launch to cruise around
the sound and islands.
We want coast defences, fortifica-
tions and light houses on our coast,
which is the least protected of the
l.